Sunday, November 22, 2015

Starting Somewhere

Here we are mid-November and I'm way behind on the blog. But I have decided I need to spend time each day doing the things that are important to me if I'm going to survive this period of sleep deprivation that we have going. One of those things is this blog. I've learned I just need to start somewhere. So I'm starting with last week and working backwards.

I forced the family outside for a little winter walk so I could get some pretties to make this wreath! We had a Relief Society Super Saturday this last month and learned how to make these. I was so excited to see how it turned out just from what I could find in our 20-minute Sabbath nature walk.

I love that we have this place all to ourselves much of the time, and these kids can be the first ones to make a mark in the snow! We walked up to the lodge to put away a couple things. These two made snow angels and "tripped"up the road. They didn't complain the whole way and then we attempted to sled back down.

Cdc's favorite homeschool activity lately is using shapes to make pictures, and he wants me to take a picture of every single creation. I have him draw on paper what he makes most of the time.

Daddy has gotten pretty good at doing this little girl's hair! Put that braid together with that nightgown and I think she looks like a little pioneer girl.

I'm grateful for answers to prayer, and the fact that I've learned to be persistent in prayer. I lost these keys on Halloween and they finally showed up 17 days later.

I'm also grateful for the opportunity to do homeschool with these two. They are so full of joy and keep me going on these sleep-deprived days.

Thursday, April 30, 2015

April


 
Spring snowfight
 Spring snowman!
 I love that I've refused before now to ever let my kids ride on these dumb toys at stores. Because the fact that I actually let them do it this time was such a big thrill to them!
 Easter scavenger hunt
 Easter Eggs!
 Watching a little ball with his girl!
 Just doing a little work on the property. These kids are pretty hard workers. So glad daddy has the time off work to do all this work!
 Arc's first french braids
 Pmc really did haul ALL those logs out of the woods. He is such a hard worker.
 Thanks to the missionaries this vent in the lodge is FINALLY clean!
 We love the missionaries around here - they come do service for us quite often.
 Well hello rockchuck!
 Daddy date to the Jazz game!
 You can't quite tell in this picture - but that firepit has a beautiful shine to it now!
 Daddy found the hawk going after some baby bunnies - so he scared it off. But the mother was nowhere to be found and he was afraid the hawk would come right back. So we're going to attempt to save these little guys.
 They're probably only a few days old.
 We love our dinners on the deck!
 Grams has officially retired from the choir. Congrats on your many years of faithful service!
 Just driving home from church.
 Pmc  figures Jenga with french fries is way better than normal Jenga.
 We decided to have a staycation since Daddy is out of work. We went mini-golfing,
 visited the aquarium,
 got toppers at Arctic Circle,
 had a movie night at the bunkhouse,
 visited the zoo,
 learned that even after 6 years elephants still nurse from their moms!,
 and celebrated Daddy's birthday!
 We get lots of rain around here - so the kids have a blast with their raincoats, umbrellas and rainboots.
 We also enjoyed some spring music at the symphony.
 Go UTES!

Tuesday, April 28, 2015

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